Rafferty Funeral Home

“I cannot say enough good things about Rafferty Funeral Home. The whole process was extremely smooth and I attribute that to the attention to detail and extra mile Kevin and Sara put into each service. Despite the awful circumstances it was for our family, they were one of the few bright spots during the tough time. They are by far the best funeral home in the Quad Cities and I would not refer anyone to another place in the area.”

— Quinton Baenziger

“As sad as this is to post, and disappointing, I have decided to let people know what to expect, if ever in a situation like my family was. Which I pray to God nobody ever has to deal with, because it was immature and definitely not about the child that had passed, but more so hiding the family of the daughters mother… with that being said my family member had committed suicide and the father/mother had divorced many years earlier. The mother turned to drugs after the father and step mom took the children and moved almost an hour away. The mother didn’t have the money to fight this in court, and unfortunately, gave up. Drugs became her life for quite awhile, and she even lost contact with her children. The remainder of the mothers family stayed in contact with the children. The mother got sober 7 months ago and started to rebuild her relationship with her daughter, that had taken her life. She loved her mom, always had, was just disappointed about her moms drug use. Anyway, the father planned the funeral. The moms side of the family offered many times to pay a portion of the costs, but was told no and that it was “the father and stepmoms funeral” I feel this funeral home did a terrible job at mediating between the families and making sure everyone was included and got to say their proper goodbyes. Instead the moms family was stuck in a room, which was the size of a closet (12x13). We had over 100 visitors come to give us their condolences, but had to meet us in our “closet” The moms family was not allowed to stand in the funeral line. Again, I’m positive the father and step mom were the ones to make this decision, but the funeral home did nothing to mediate, or explain that this is not how funerals work. Funerals are about mourning the loss of your loved one, we did that, but not with the daughters friends. They probably didn’t even know we were there because we were stuck in a closet! Unfortunately, I would not recommend this funeral home to anyone, ever. When someone dies, it’s not the correct time to “punish” a parent for not being who you expected them to be! I hope this is a lesson to this funeral home and in the future they change their ways… the moms family knew nothing about the funeral and was even told if we contacted the funeral home one more time, we would not be allowed at the services! Then WHY not tell us what was going on? We wouldn’t have had to call the funeral home, had we been filled in on details. This truly saddens me that I have to make this review, but the truth needs to be heard, and understood!”

— Jamie Marie Vance

“The experience I had with Rafferty Funeral Home couldn't have been any better. It was under extremely horrible circumstances but Rafferty Funeral Home assured us it would all run smoothly, and it did. They were attentive, considerate and gentle with all of the details. If I could give them six stars I would! Kevin, Sara and Tony were all wonderful to work with. They know the churches, the clergy, they helped us in ways we weren't even aware we needed help with. Place your trust in Rafferty, you won't be sorry you did. L.S.”

— Laura Stehle